Confédération des jeunes chercheurs

The Confédération des jeunes chercheurs (often abbreviated CJC) (English name: French Confederation of Young Researchers) is a French not-for-profit organization which goal is to represent French Doctoral candidates/Early-stage Researchers (Doctorants/Chercheurs en Début de Carrière) and New Doctorate Holders (Nouveaux Docteurs ès Sciences) at the national and European levels (for the latter, see Eurodoc). Established March 2, 1996, the CJC is an advocator on all questions related to Research, Higher Education and doctoral training. The CJC members are first and foremost French local associations of young researchers (currently approx. 30 to 40 members). They define the working priorities of the confederation and take forward its thinking.